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by a_p 4843 days ago
This has got to be one of the best (or worst, depending on your point of view) product names since the Windows phone named "Lumia". Lumia means prostitute in Spanish. I've always wondered how Nokia and MS missed that.

EDIT: I've just learned that "Siri" sounds like a word, 尻, that means "ass" in Japanese. [1]. So I suppose this is the funniest name since Siri.

[1]http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2394201,00.asp

2 comments

Well the Siri name makes sense considering how it treats Japanese people: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiU8GPlsZqE
Siri means Crab in portuguese.. actually a sort of Crab.. The "Mr Krabs" from Sponge Bob its even named "Siriguejo" :)